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Ethiopia in pictures
Africa Featured Photos 

Ethiopia in pictures

June 3, 2018 pdg 2
The far-reaching wake of the waka
Europe Featured New Zealand 

The far-reaching wake of the waka

May 27, 2018 pdg 0
The strange case of the giant underpants
Europe Featured Weird Travel 

The strange case of the giant underpants

May 26, 2018 pdg 2
The love boat
Europe Featured Weird Travel 

The love boat

May 19, 2018 pdg 0
Bushwalking in the Grampians
Pacific Top stories 

Bushwalking in the Grampians

November 6, 2018 pdg 0
Inside the world’s second biggest wine cellar
Europe Top stories 

Inside the world’s second biggest wine cellar

July 4, 2018 pdg 2
A toast to the Walking Dead
Pacific Top stories 

A toast to the Walking Dead

May 20, 2018 pdg 0
Twin peaks: Walking Vanuatu’s volcanoes
Pacific Top stories 

Twin peaks: Walking Vanuatu’s volcanoes

May 17, 2018 pdg 0

NEW ZEALAND

A cut-out of Ilchi Lee welcomes visitors on a bushwalk called 'The Way of New Life'
New Zealand 

Stairway to heaven

February 13, 2019 pdg 0

In the bush west of Kerikeri, a small town in northern New Zealand, a Korean spiritual leader says he is building a global headquarters for an organisation of 100 million members.

Waitangi Day in pictures
New Zealand Photos 

Waitangi Day in pictures

February 8, 2019 pdg 3
Best photos of 2018
New Zealand Photos 

Best photos of 2018

January 24, 2019 pdg 0
Brother’s bones home at last
New Zealand 

Brother’s bones home at last

September 10, 2018 pdg 0
The far-reaching wake of the waka
Europe Featured New Zealand 

The far-reaching wake of the waka

May 27, 2018 pdg 0

PACIFIC

Another Samoa: Tramping in the tropics
Pacific 

Another Samoa: Tramping in the tropics

November 15, 2018 pdg 0

Hikers’ haven American Samoa is home to the only US national park in the Southern Hemisphere.

The Birdman of Atiu
Pacific 

The Birdman of Atiu

November 8, 2018 pdg 0
Bushwalking in the Grampians
Pacific Top stories 

Bushwalking in the Grampians

November 6, 2018 pdg 0
Five things to do in Australia’s Grampians
Pacific 

Five things to do in Australia’s Grampians

November 6, 2018 pdg 0
Fiji’s Sawa-i-Lau Caves: ‘Swim towards the light’
Pacific 

Fiji’s Sawa-i-Lau Caves: ‘Swim towards the light’

November 1, 2018 pdg 0

MIDDLE EAST

Best Mideast stopover: Dubai or Oman?
Middle East 

Best Mideast stopover: Dubai or Oman?

June 20, 2018 pdg 0

Your long-haul flight is touching down in Dubai and you want to make a stopover of it – but do you stay in the United Arab Emirates or head to nearby Oman? Here’s my verdict.

Inside the Axis of Not-So-Evil
Middle East 

Inside the Axis of Not-So-Evil

May 9, 2018 pdg 0

ASIA

Against the odds: Surviving the Burma railroad
Asia New Zealand 

Against the odds: Surviving the Burma railroad

May 16, 2018 pdg 0

Seventy-five years after being conscripted into the Dutch East Army during World War II, a Northland man’s service – and his ordeal on the notorious Burma railroad – has finally been recognised.

Peace at last for shipwreck’s ‘hungry ghosts’
Asia New Zealand 

Peace at last for shipwreck’s ‘hungry ghosts’

May 15, 2018 pdg 0
Hong Kong in 48 hours
Asia 

Hong Kong in 48 hours

May 11, 2018 pdg 0
Riding the bamboo train
Asia 

Riding the bamboo train

May 7, 2018 pdg 0

CAUCASUS

Looking for Uncle Joe
Caucasus 

Looking for Uncle Joe

May 12, 2018 pdg 0

Joseph Stalin is alive and well in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia.

The sound of metalwork
Caucasus 

The sound of metalwork

May 12, 2018 pdg 0
Dining with the dead
Caucasus Weird Travel 

Dining with the dead

May 12, 2018 pdg 0
In a corner of a foreign field
Caucasus New Zealand 

In a corner of a foreign field

May 10, 2018 pdg 0

EUROPE

Romania’s singing sheepdogs
Europe 

Romania’s singing sheepdogs

August 28, 2018 pdg 0

One of my favourite experiences during my last visit to Romania involved a chance encounter with a shepherd, a pack of singing sheepdogs and a 19th-century-style road crash involving a horse-drawn cart.

Inside the world’s second biggest wine cellar
Europe Top stories 

Inside the world’s second biggest wine cellar

July 4, 2018 pdg 2
Best and worst hotels
Africa Europe 

Best and worst hotels

June 29, 2018 pdg 2
The far-reaching wake of the waka
Europe Featured New Zealand 

The far-reaching wake of the waka

May 27, 2018 pdg 0
The strange case of the giant underpants
Europe Featured Weird Travel 

The strange case of the giant underpants

May 26, 2018 pdg 2

About the author

Kia ora and welcome to Ramblings, a random collection of travel yarns, stories and photographs by Peter de Graaf. I’m a reporter and occasional travel writer based in Kerikeri, a small town in New Zealand’s Far North. Read more...

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A cut-out of Ilchi Lee welcomes visitors on a bushwalk called 'The Way of New Life'
New Zealand 

Stairway to heaven

February 13, 2019 pdg 0

In the bush west of Kerikeri, a small town in northern New Zealand, a Korean spiritual leader says he is building a global headquarters for an organisation of 100 million members.

Waitangi Day in pictures
New Zealand Photos 

Waitangi Day in pictures

February 8, 2019 pdg 3
Best photos of 2018
New Zealand Photos 

Best photos of 2018

January 24, 2019 pdg 0
Another Samoa: Tramping in the tropics
Pacific 

Another Samoa: Tramping in the tropics

November 15, 2018 pdg 0
The Birdman of Atiu
Pacific 

The Birdman of Atiu

November 8, 2018 pdg 0

WEIRD TRAVEL

Phone booths of the world
Photos Weird Travel 

Phone booths of the world

June 25, 2018 pdg 12

The phone booth has, tragically, become an endangered species — hence my mission to preserve these once ubiquitous features of our urban landscape through photography.

The strange case of the giant underpants
Europe Featured Weird Travel 

The strange case of the giant underpants

May 26, 2018 pdg 2
The highwaymen of Hokianga
New Zealand Weird Travel 

The highwaymen of Hokianga

May 22, 2018 pdg 0
The love boat
Europe Featured Weird Travel 

The love boat

May 19, 2018 pdg 0

PHOTOS

Waitangi Day in pictures
New Zealand Photos 

Waitangi Day in pictures

February 8, 2019 pdg 3

A selection of my favourite images from Waitangi Day, the anniversary of the signing of New Zealand’s Treaty of Waitangi, taken since 2010.

Best photos of 2018
New Zealand Photos 

Best photos of 2018

January 24, 2019 pdg 0
Vanuatu in pictures
Pacific Photos 

Vanuatu in pictures

October 16, 2018 pdg 0
American Samoa in pictures
Pacific Photos 

American Samoa in pictures

August 9, 2018 pdg 9
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